Wagner: Twilight Of The Gods

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CD available From: 21 June 2001

Opera - Twilight of the Gods

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Twilight of the Gods

311:29

Third Day of the Festival Play The Ring of the Nibelung

Music drama in a prelude and three acts

Poem by Richard Wagner

English translation by Andrew Porter

COMPACT DISC ONE

Prelude

'What light shines down there?'

8:08

Three Norns

'Wotan made holy laws and treaties'

2:25

Second Norn

'That mighty hall the giants have raised'

4:47

Three Norns

'Now the gods will seize the spear that was shattered'

4:35

Three Norns

Dawn Music

7:32

Orchestra

'To deeds of glory'

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

'Ah, but to prove you love me'

2:36

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

'Love, I leave you alone'

2:48

Siegfried, Brünnhilde

'So by your daring I am fired'

1:42

Siegfried, Brünnhilde

'O heavenly rulers!'

1:42

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

Siegfried's Rhine Journey

7:38

Orchestra

Act I

Scene 1

'Now hear, Hagen'

2:37

Gunther, Hagen

'What woman should I wed . . .?'

2:39

Gunther, Hagen, Gutrune

'At Neidhöhle the Nibelung gold was guarded'

2:58

Hagen, Gunther

'You mock me, wicked Hagen!'

3:31

Gutrune, Hagen, Gunther

'Merrily seeking adventures and fame'

4:15

Hagen, Gunther, Siegfried

Scene 2

'Which is Gibich's son?'

2:27

Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen

'I welcome you, my friend'

2:11

Gunther, Siegfried, Hagen

'That treasure I quite forgot'

2:17

Siegfried, Hagen, Gunther

'Welcome, O guest, to Gibich's house!'

4:41

Gutrune, Siegfried, Gunther

71:33

COMPACT DISC TWO

'With your brother I promised to serve'

3:18

Siegfried, Gunther

'I fear not the flames'

1:42

Siegfried, Gunther

'Flourishing life's refreshing blood'

4:10

Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen

'Now on our way!'

2:54

Siegfried, Gunther, Gutrune, Hagen

'I sit here and wait' (Hagen's Watch)

8:42

Hagen

Scene 3

'Sounds I once knew so well'

6:29

Brünnhilde, Waltraute

'You've come to me?'

4:55

Brünnhilde, Waltraute

'Fear and dread I read in your features!'

1:29

Brünnhilde, Waltraute

'Hear me with care, and I will tell you!'

4:26

Waltraute

'He sits there, speaks no word'

6:46

Waltraute

'These tales of evil fancies'

1:33

Brünnhilde

'Upon your hand, the ring'

3:29

Waltraute, Brünnhilde

'Go home to the sacred clan of the gods!'

2:22

Brünnhilde, Waltraute

'Borne on the wind'

3:59

Brünnhilde

'Brünnhild! Your husband comes'

3:31

Siegfried, Brünnhilde

'The night draws on'

3:58

Siegfried, Brünnhilde

'Now nothing can save me'

2:58

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

66:45

COMPACT DISC THREE

Act II

Scene 1

Prelude

3:40

Orchestra

'Sleep you, Hagen, my son?'

3:51

Alberich, Hagen

'The might of the gods'

3:34

Hagen, Alberich

'That ring shall be Hagen's'

4:29

Hagen, Alberich

Scene 2

'Hoiho! Hagen! Fast asleep?'

3:06

Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune

'Yet my Siegfried was with Brünnhild?'

1:25

Gutrune, Siegfried

'I can see a sail in the distance'

1:05

Hagen, Siegfried, Gutrune

Scene 3

'Hoiho! Hoihohoho!' (Hagen summons the vassals)

2:56

Hagen, Vassals

'Come to my call, and arm yourselves!'

3:40

Hagen, Vassals

'Glad times have come'

3:04

Vassals, Hagen

Scene 4

'Welcome, Gunther!'

3:50

Vassals, Gunther

'I greet you, noble friend'

4:51

Gunther, Vassals, Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Hagen

'A ring I saw upon your hand'

1:40

Brünnhilde, Siegfried, Gunther

'Ha! - Siegfried stole it'

2:23

Brünnhilde, Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune, Vassals, Women

'Here in Walhall, mighty immortals!'

3:26

Brünnhilde, Gunther, Women, Vassals

'Would you defile your name so lightly?'

4:08

Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Vassals, Women, Gunther, Gutrune, Hagen

'Shing steel! Holiest weapon!'

3:15

Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Vassals

'Gunther, look to your wife there'

6:08

Siegfried

Scene 5

'Dark, unholy powers lie here around me!'

3:20

Brünnhilde

'Have trust in me, offended wife!'

2:55

Hagen, Brünnhilde

'Can no weapon's point then pierce him?'

3:04

Hagen, Brünnhilde, Gunther

'Deceived am I - and deceiver!'

2:15

Gunther, Hagen

'He betrayed you'

3:10

Brünnhilde, Hagen, Gunther

'Since this blow must be dealt her'

3:39

Hagen, Gunther, Brünnhilde

78:58

COMPACT DISC FOUR

Act III

Prelude

3:42

Orchestra

Scene 1

'Fair sunlight, shine on us in splendour'

2:23

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'Fair sunlight, send to us the hero'

2:07

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'A goblin led me astray'

1:45

Siegfried, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'Siegfried, if we find your bear'

2:53

Woglinde, Siegfried, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'Why should I let them laugh and jeer?'

1:46

Siegfried, Flosshilde, Woglinde, Wellgunde

'Siegfried! . . . Evil lies in that ring'

2:32

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried

'Siegfried! . . . Give heed to our words'

2:49

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried

'Come, sisters! Flee from this madman!'

4:20

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried

Scene 2

'Hoiho!'

2:14

Hagen, Vassals, Siegfried

'You drove the game away from us'

2:56

Hagen, Siegfried

'Drink, Gunther, drink'

3:03

Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen

'Mime was a hideous dwarf' (Siegfried's Narration@

1:24

Siegfried

'Now you must hear what happened next'

1:47

Siegfried, Hagen, Vassals

'Ring and Tarnhelm - both I had found'

2:48

Siegfried, Hagen, Vassals

'In grief I watched the branches above'

6:00

Siegfried, Hagen, Gunther, Vassals

44:33

COMPACT DISC FIVE

'Brünnhilde! Holiest bride!'

4:21

Siegfried

Siegfried's Funeral March

8:01

Orchestra

Scene 3

'Was that his horn?'

3:45

Gutrune

'Ah, if Siegfried were back!'

3:21

Gutrune, Hagen, Gunther

'Cast not the blame on me'

2:36

Gunther, Hagen

'Peace with your cries of useless lament!'

2:05

Brünnhilde, Gutrune

'Poor creature, peace!'

2:44

Brünnhilde, Gutrune

'Sturdy branches, building his pyre'

2:57

(Brünnhilde's Immolation)

Brünnhilde

'The sun in radiance shines from his eyes'

2:38

Brünnhilde

'O you, you guardians'

4:26

Brünnhilde

'My heritage I claim from the hero'

3:06

Brünnhilde

'Fly home, you ravens!'

1:41

Brünnhilde

'Grane, my horse!'

2:31

Brünnhilde

'Give back the ring!'

5:27

Hagen

49:40

Alberto Remedios tenor - Siegfried

Norman Welsby baritone - Gunther

Aage Haugland bass - Hagen

Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone - Alberich

Rita Hunter soprano - Brünnhilde

Margaret Curphey soprano - Gutrune

Katherine Pring mezzo-soprano - Waltraute

Norns

Anne Collins contralto - First Norn

Gillian Knight mezzo-soprano - Second Norn

Anne Evans soprano - Third Norn

Rhinemaidens

Valerie Masterson soprano - Woglinde

Shelagh Squires mezzo-soprano - Wellgunde

Helen Attfield contralto - Flosshilde

Chorus: Vassals and Women

English National Opera Chorus

English National Opera Orchestra

Reginald Goodall

Recorded in:

London Coliseum

live; 6, 13 & 27 August 1977

Producer(s)

John Mordler

Sound Engineer(s)

Robert Gooch

Stuart Eltham

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster

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